108: How the Pandemic Polarized America’s Property Market w/Lance Lambert

The real estate market was supposed to crash, but it didn’t. Interest rates were supposed to cause a significant slowdown, but they didn’t. Hot markets were supposed to give buyers a break as activity plummeted, but...well, you get the point. The 2023 housing market could be summed up in one word: weird. With the Federal Reserve fighting against the market, sellers refusing to move, and buyers still dealing with record-low inventory, many of us question whether or not we’re stuck in a real estate-inspired groundhog day, where 2021-2022 repeats until infinity. While this (probably) isn’t happening, the real estate market is showing signs of restarting after a mortgage-rate-caused flash correction. Lance Lambert knows about this all too well. He’s been reporting on the housing market for years and knows exactly why America’s property market has become so polarized, even with such immense downward pressure. With cities like Austin still in the slumps and markets like Miami hitting housing price peaks, where is a safe place to invest? If you want to get a macro sense of where we are in the economy, how the housing market works, and why the Fed is having such a hard time, this is the episode for you. Lance brings us back to 2020 and explains how the pandemic fueled “gigantic” demand that was never met, why a housing crash didn’t happen, and whether or not mortgage rates could go even higher. In This Episode We Cover The “polarized” housing market and which areas are staying red hot while others freeze The post-pandemic property market effects and how the housing market hurt inflation efforts from the Fed Mortgage rate predictions and what could cause rates to rise or fall this year  East vs. West Coast and why cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles cooled off so quickly  Affordability updates and why builders have the upper hand on the Fed  The “Two C’s” that are controlling home prices and the housing market in 2023 And So Much More! Links from the Show Find an Agent Find a Lender BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent BiggerPockets Bootcamps Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Dave's Instagram James' BiggerPockets Profile James' Instagram Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's Instagram Kathy's BiggerPockets Profile Kathy's Instagram Hear Our Interview with Fortune’s Lance Lambert on the “Polarized” Housing Market The Top 10 Housing Markets Forecasted For Strong Demand This Decade Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-108 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices